IAU Commission 54: Optical & IR Interferometry

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IAU Commission 54: Optical & Infrared Interferometry

PRESIDENT - Guy Perrin Observatoire de Paris, section de Meudon 5, place Jules Janssen F-92195 Meudon FRANCE Phone: +33 1 45 07 79 63 Fax: +33 1 45 07 28 06 Email: Guy.Perrin(@)obspm.fr	VICE PRESIDENT - Stephen Ridgway National Optical Astronomy Observatory PO Box 26732 Tucson, Arizona 85716 USA Phone: +1 520 318 8297 Fax: +1 520 318 8360 Email: sridgway(@)noao.edu

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Gilles Duvert (France) Reinhard Genzel (Germany) Christopher Haniff (United Kingdom) Christian Hummel (Germany) Peter Lawson (USA) John Monnier (USA) Didier Queloz (Switzerland) Peter Tuthill (Australia) Farrokh Vakili (France)	SECRETARY - Gerard van Belle California Institute of Technology 770 S. Wilson Ave, MS 100-22 Pasadena, CA 91125 USA Phone: +1 626 395-1931 Fax: +1 626 393-4357 Email: gerard(@)ipac.caltech.edu

Mission Statement

The Commission on Optical/Infrared Interferometry serves to coordinate international collaborations on scientific and technical matters relating to long-baseline optical and infrared interferometry. As a commission within Division IX (Optical and Infrared Techniques) its focus is to establish scientific and technical standards that facilitate the future growth of the field.

The Commission promotes the science of interferometry through collaborations with individual science commissions within the IAU, most particularly with the Commissions on Astrometry (C8), Double and Multiple Stars (C26), Variable Stars (C27), and Theory of Stellar Astmospheres (C36).

The work of the Commission takes place primarily within the Commission's Working Groups. Although they have not yet been formally proposed, these working groups may include:

Working Group on Interferometry Data Standards
Working Group on Imaging Algorithms
Working Group on Calibrator Stars
Working Group on Future Large Arrays

The Commission continues the work begun through the Working Group on Optical/IR Interferometry, which established the Optical Interferometry Data Exchange format (published in 2005) and its supporting software, and continues the series of optical/IR interferometry imaging contests (held in June 2004 and May 2006). The website of the Commission is hosted at the Optical Long Baseline Interferometry News (OLBIN). This website and its associated Email Forum exist to further the interests of the optical interferometry community and goals of Commission 54.

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